--- title: GoROWE — Attracting and Retaining Talent with Culture NOT Compensation description: Client, Diaz & Cooper, discusses the importance of employee attraction and retention. image: https://www.gorowe.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_5131.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-blog/2021/8/12/attracting-and-retaining-talent-with-culture-not-compensation#main-content) [![CRX Logo Outline Orange](https://www.gorowe.com/hubfs/CRX%20Logo%20Outline%20Orange.svg)](https://www.gorowe.com/) - [Services](https://www.gorowe.com/services/go-rowe) Show submenu for Services - [GoROWE](https://www.gorowe.com/services/go-rowe) - [ROWE Pilot](https://www.gorowe.com/services/rowe-pilot) - [Our Story](https://www.gorowe.com/culturerx-story) Show submenu for Our Story - [Our Story](https://www.gorowe.com/culturerx-story) - [Press](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-blog/tag/press) - [Speaking](https://www.gorowe.com/speaking) - [Business Results](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-business-results) Show submenu for Business Results - [Business Results](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-business-results) - [Case Studies](https://www.gorowe.com/case-studies) - [HR Success Guide](https://www.gorowe.com/hr-and-rowe-guide-for-success) - [Not ROWE](https://www.gorowe.com/not-rowe) Show submenu for Not ROWE - [Organizational Challenges](https://www.gorowe.com/revolutionizing-work-culture) - [Blog](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-blog) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Services](https://www.gorowe.com/services/go-rowe) Show submenu for Services - [GoROWE](https://www.gorowe.com/services/go-rowe) - [ROWE Pilot](https://www.gorowe.com/services/rowe-pilot) - [Our Story](https://www.gorowe.com/culturerx-story) Show submenu for Our Story - [Our Story](https://www.gorowe.com/culturerx-story) - [Press](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-blog/tag/press) - [Speaking](https://www.gorowe.com/speaking) - [Business Results](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-business-results) Show submenu for Business Results - [Business Results](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-business-results) - [Case Studies](https://www.gorowe.com/case-studies) - [HR Success Guide](https://www.gorowe.com/hr-and-rowe-guide-for-success) - [Not ROWE](https://www.gorowe.com/not-rowe) Show submenu for Not ROWE - [Organizational Challenges](https://www.gorowe.com/revolutionizing-work-culture) - [Blog](https://www.gorowe.com/rowe-blog) - [Contact us](https://www.gorowe.com/contact-culturerx) [Contact us](https://www.gorowe.com/contact-culturerx) ![](https://www.gorowe.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/IMG_5131.jpg) August 16, 2021 # Attracting and Retaining Talent with Culture NOT Compensation > "I actually interviewed a woman who had a very high level position at a very large agency and her salary at the time, we just couldn't match it as a smaller agency. And she was actually willing to take an almost $20,000 pay cut because of the flexibility of ROWE, because she wanted to have that lifestyle where she was able to pick up her daughter from school to be able to go to school plays, to be able to take her to doctor's appointments, without having to fill out HR forms or ask permission from three different people or whatever the case might be, or not be able to do it at all." ~Omi Diaz-Cooper Recently Omi Diaz-Cooper, Co-Founder of ROWE Certified [Diaz & Cooper](https://gorowe.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cef93cdb7d1eb150836c981db&id=0ab97ee102&e=c05ce56410), sat down with Ed Kless of [Sage Accountants Solutions](https://gorowe.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cef93cdb7d1eb150836c981db&id=8b6fd5c552&e=c05ce56410) to talk about the Diaz & Cooper journey to a Results-Only Work Environment. The conversation is brief (less than 10 minutes). 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